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发帖数: 12853 | 1 Clinton pulled back on a kill shot for a reason: Keep Trump on the ticket
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Donald Trump survived Sunday night's dark and bitter presidential debate but
that's about all he did.
The bar has now been set so low for the GOP nominee that he could do the
following on stage in St. Louis and still receive passing grades: suggest
that as president he would jail his opponent; defend Vladimir Putin and
Russia over the hacking of the U.S. election; praise brutal Syrian tyrant
Bashar Assad; admit to not paying federal income tax; and rebuke his own
running mate for daring to criticize Russia over the indiscriminate bombing
of Syrian civilians.
That's a very partial list.
Trump also lied with enthusiastic regularity, again saying he opposed the
second Iraq war before it started (he didn't), claimed his opponent would
jack up the tax rate on the middle class (she says she won't) and protested
that he did not Tweet at 3 a.m. that people should check out a sex tape
featuring a former Miss Universe (he did).
And never mind that Trump spent the first portion of the debate apologizing
for a video leaked over the weekend in which he grotesquely bragged about
his ability to commit sexual assault because he's a "star." Diving deeply
into the gutter, Trump tried to turn the video into a bizarre bank shot
attack on Clinton by bringing to the debate women who claim former President
Bill Clinton sexually abused them.
Trump, who himself faced a rape allegation from ex-wife Ivana Trump and now
faces one from a woman who was 13-years old at the time the alleged act
occurred (Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations) argues that Hillary
Clinton is worse than he is because she attempted to smear and intimidate
Bill Clinton's accusers, though the evidence for that smearing and
intimidation is thin to nonexistent.
Trump also spent the debate wandering around the stage and regularly
crowding Clinton's space and glowering over her shoulder like a stalker.
When asked by a Muslim-American in the audience how he would deal with "
Islamophobia," Trump repeated the debunked claim that witnesses saw "bombs
all over the apartment" of the San Bernardino terrorists and failed to
report it. There is no evidence that anything like this ever took place.
In any normal election season, Trump's debate performance would be graded a
campaign-killing disaster. But 2016 is no ordinary year, and Trump was
already so gravely wounded, with Republicans across the country rescinding
their endorsements, that his ability to avoid a complete meltdown Sunday
night ranks as a "win."
And Clinton for her part opted not to go for the kill shot. She mostly
laughed off Trump's attacks and declined to bring up the sexual assault
allegations against him, instead pivoting to her own vision for the nation's
future. The lack of aggression irritated some Democrats who wanted to see
Clinton knock down a staggering opponent.
But the high-road approach appeared to work with voters who declared Clinton
the winner of the debate in multiple polls. And Clinton may have held back
for strategic reasons, preferring to keep Trump alive rather than bait him
into campaign killing moments that could drive him off the ticket in favor
of Mike Pence . Clinton would likely win in any scenario but a Trump
withdrawal would create significant uncertainty in a race that is now
tilting back heavily in Clinton's direction.
Even before the explosive video surfaced over the weekend, Clinton had moved
back to a nearly 5-point lead in the RealClear Politics average of general
election polls. She has taken back the lead in the battlegrounds of Ohio and
Florida and now appears to be a lock in Pennsylvania and Virginia. She has
many paths to 270 electoral votes, Trump at the moment has none.
All the usual caveats apply. There is a final debate in nine days in Las
Vegas. More damaging information could come out about Clinton. External
events could shift the landscape in the GOP nominee's favor. But at the
moment, the American people appear to have decided that while they may not
like Clinton very much, they find her qualified to serve as president while
Trump is not.
And Trump did just well enough in the second debate to stagger to the finish
line of a race he is almost certain to lose.
CORRECTION: Donald Trump faced a rape allegation from Ivana Trump, not Marla
Maples.
—Ben White is Politico's chief economic correspondent and a CNBC
contributor. He also authors the daily tip sheet Politico Morning Money [
politico.com/morningmoney]. Follow him on Twitter @morningmoneyben. | S******8
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发帖数: 6988 | 3 How much time did you spend to search this? | w********t
发帖数: 12853 | 4 0 second. I found it when I checked my Yhaoo email. I think it's funny to
show you guys.
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发帖数: 3963 | 5 几个关键字， Ben White, CNBC， 这些都代表了垃圾
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: Clinton pulled back on a kill shot for a reason: Keep Trump on the ticket
: Ben White,CNBC 10 hours ago Comments Sign in to like Reblog on Tumblr
: Share Tweet Email
: Donald Trump survived Sunday night's dark and bitter presidential debate but
: that's about all he did.
: The bar has now been set so low for the GOP nominee that he could do the
: following on stage in St. Louis and still receive passing grades: suggest
: that as president he would jail his opponent; defend Vladimir Putin and
: Russia over the hacking of the U.S. election; praise brutal Syrian tyrant
: Bashar Assad; admit to not paying federal income tax; and rebuke his own
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发帖数: 16479 | 6 姓white，肯定不是好人
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